Bundle-carrier crane.



H. SKREBERG. BUNDLE CARRIER CRANE.

2. 1 Patented Dec. 1, 1914. I

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ToaZZ 'whom/1122 may concern "Be vit known that LFHA'Ns Skanniie, .a

` citizen of the United States, residingat Milan,'in thecounty of Chippewa and State of i,

Minnesota, have invented certain new .and useful kImprovements `in` Bundle-Carrier Cranes, of which the following is a specifi- 'cation,`reference being `had therein tothe accompanying drawing. p ,i

My invention *relates to improvements in bundle carrier cranes, and the primary object of it is to provide a crane easily and I port a bundle carrier and prevent the scat? tering of the bundle whenthe main wheel..

quickly attacliable and detachable to harvesters, and particularlyto that type of harvester known as the `McCormick v.

A further object of inv invention is. to provide a cranewhich will both better supof the binder gets in a dead furrow or low place,`and also to have adjustable meansfor raising or lowering the `bundle carrier.

` k This adjustable means relieves the strain on the pivot castingl of the bundle carrier, which needs no further description, and also e 'prevents the carrierfrom partially closing up when the harvester is cutting alongside .of corn fields, weeds', etc.

` tached to a harvester of Ithe McCormickv Referring to the drawings Fignrel is a perspective view of my improved crane attype. Fig. 2 is alperspectiveviewof my 'improved crane detached. Fig. 3 is a sec-` tional view taken on the lines 1-1 ofFig. l;

Referring now tothe drawings in which like numerals" designate similar parts, 11s a trussedtubular bar, the inner end of which is provided with a flat narrow armi2,

bolted to the inner side of the said tubular bar at 3, bv means of a bolt, and extending on both sides of the ltubular bar at right angles thereto. `One fend [of the arm 2 is bent upwardlyfat 5to embrace theunder side of the' forwardly extending portion of `the breast-plate'brace-bar of the harvester." The other end of the said arm 2, is bent upi `wardly` at `6, to embrace `in like manner' the under side ofthe forked brace 7 of the har-v vester.v The tubular bar 1 lextends parallel to the forked`brace,`above referi'edto, and

rests on the binder frame or casing atr a point 9,- and thence extends over the bundle carrier terminating at a distance directlyabove the end of the bundle carrier frame,

as is clearly shown kin Figil.4v liooklO'v fitting yin an eye 11', which is clamped tothe `v `Specieation of Letters Patent;

' BUNDLE-CARRIER CRANE.

of the chain may be Vhooked thereon forr shortening and lengthening the chain. The

`said pin"14 is 4formed of a flat bar of iron having its endsclamped together at 15, and also to the end of the chainby means of a bolt 16, andA its other end is outwardly bulged to `form an eye 17. The pin is adapted to be. inserted within the end of the hollow supporting bar 18 of the bundle carrier after the double `finger pivot 19 thereof has been removed` and then held firmly therewithin by the yinsertion of i the said double linger pivot 19, through the supporting bar 18, and also through the eye 17 of the pin 14. A t the point 9 where the tubular bar 1 rests on the binder frame 8, a bolt y20 passes through the said tubular bar and 21 is adapted to hook over the upper si de 0f the forked brace where the said brace is attached to the binder-frame. The brace 23 is merelv used as a strengthening means for the tubular bar -1. I

As will be clearly understood the weight of the bundle carrier will have atendency to pull down the outer end of the tubular bar and, using the point where the tubular bar rests on the binder frame as a fulcrum,

to throw the opposite inner end thereof up,

causing the hooks carried bv the inner end of the tubular barto be held firmlv kin place. The hook which isbolted tothe tubular bar at the fulcruinlpointwill keep the tubular bar from sliding sidewise. v Having thus described my invention what I claiinfand desire to secure by Letters Patent is: e r

41. The combination with a harvester, of

y a carriercrane. said cranehaving a fulcrum point intermediate its `ends on the harvester frame, a bundle carrierv having one end connected to the harvester and flexible adlinstable means carried by the outer end of thesaid crane and connected tothe bundle carrier for supporting the free latter. p

2. lThe combination with a harvester, of a carrier crane, having its inner end proend of the y PatentedDec.1,1914.` l Application-sieriperderai,1912. serial No. vente?.

' v nect'ed to thebundle carrier for supporting the free end of the latter.

i i Copies of this patent may be obtained for vided With a hook on eaehside thereof one hook engaging the under side of the breastplate supporting bar of the harvester, and vthe other hook engaging'the under side of .the forked brace of the harvester, the said 1 3. The combination With a harvester, of a Carrier crane, connected to the frame of the harvester, a bundle carrier a flexlble 4memberconneetedto the outer end of the crane and a pin provided With an eye, said pin carried by-thelower end ofthe said flexible member andpassing into the outer end of a supporting bar of the bundle ear Y rier and held therewithin by the insertion of a double nger pivot ofthe bundle car! lrier through the eye of ,the said pin, said 25 pin and pivot forming a` connection between the lower end of the flexible member and the bundle carrier for the purpose -described l In testimonywhereof Ihereunto -aix my t y HANS SKREBERG. Witnesses: n t t GUDRUN VOrJoRDEN, O. K. OPJORDEN.

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Washington, I). C. 

